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Injunction
passed, may be relied on by way of defence thereto, it being provided, however, that the court may direct a 'stay of proceedings.' Amongst public nuisances, restrainable either upon information or at suit of a private person
Confession
1952 SC 354 (357). (Evidence Act, 1872, s. 24) The confession is a form of admission consisting of direct acknowledgment of guilt in a criminal charge. It must be in express words by the accused in a
Tax
as possible over and above what it brings into the public treasury of the State. Taxes are either direct or indirect. A direct tax is one that is demanded from the very persons who are intended or
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Costs
entitled to costs on a county court scale only, the taxing master shall have the same power of directing on what county court scale and under what column in the scale costs are to be allowed, and
Contempt of court
or dignity of a Court, which has power to punish for such offence by committal. Contempts are either direct, which only insult or resist the powers of the Court, or the persons of the judges who preside
Directive
Having power to direct tending to direct guide or govern showing the way
generation-skipping transfer
that of the transferor and that can be characterized as a taxable termination, a taxable distribution, or a direct skip see also direct skip generation-skipping trust at trust, skip person, taxable distribution, taxable termination NOTE: A transfer
res judicata
of res judicata precludes the presentation of issues in a post-conviction petition which have previously been decided upon direct appeal "Stowers v. State, 657 N.E.2d 194 (1995)"]: as a : a broad doctrine in civil litigation that
Judgment
proceeding. Before such an order can be a judgment the adverse effect on the party concerned must be direct and immediate rather than indirect or remote. For instance, where the Trial Judge in a suit under Order
Son
as understood in common parlance means a natural son born to a person after marri-age. It is the direct blood relationship which is the essence of the term in which 'son' is usually understood, emphasis being on
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